Music: a part of our lives

POP EMO ROCK RAP JAZZ GOTH PUNK

HIPPIE
AFRICAN MUSIC

INFLUENCE OF MUSIC HISTORY OF MUSIC

HIP HOP QUIZ

ASIAN MUSIC

TUNISIAN MUSIC

Music history

6 Periods of Music History (may be considered 7) (Ancient) Doesnt really count Medieval Renaissance Baroque Classical Romantic Modern

This term refers to the music of the Ancient civilizations (Greece, Rome, Babylon, Mesopotamia,). Very little is known about the music of these civilizations, but it is certain that music played a part in their lives.

Music was very simple. Gregorian Chant Monophony vs. Polyphony Beginnings of Notation all handwritten

All music can be broken down into two main divisions Sacred and Secular Sacred having to do with religion Secular having nothing to do with religion Famous Composers: William Byrd, Giovanni di Palestrina, Claudio Monteverdi, Josquin Desprez.

Music Theory had advanced a lot since ancient times Major Composers J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and G.F. Haendel

Bachs own Handwriting

While the notation style is still not the same as todays, the printing press made music much more readable than ever before.

Music Theory and instruments were mostly formed by now to our modern standards. Major Composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn

Musicians making a living on their own now. Major Composers Ludwig von Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Peter Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms

Classical music led to the development of popular music. Jazz, Blues, Rock, Hip-Hop In the 1900s popular music became the dominant style of music.

Classical music still exists in todays music world. It is not as popular with younger generations as pop music is. Modern classical is very different than the music it came from. Three different ways that classical music still exists. Pop classical, Retrospective classical, and new classical.

Classical Music in the 20th century has many different styles. Neo-classicism, atonality, serial music, electronic music, et cetera. Important Composers: Copland, Stravinsky, Schnberg.

Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is a genre of popular music which originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and roll. The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, even though the former is a description of music which is popular (and can include any style)

Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in 1950s America and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s' and 1950s' rock and roll, itself heavily influenced byrhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical sources.

Hip-hop is a cultural movement, best known for its impact on music in the form of the musical genre of the same name. It has its origins in the Bronx, in New York City, during the 1970s, mostly among African Americans, with some influence from the Latin American population of the area as well. The culture of hip-hop has gone from being a relatively underground style to being a major style throughout the world, and it has been commercialized and popularized, especially in the United States.

Rap is a genre of hip-hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of inner-city youth. Rap was popularized by illustrious rap groups like N.W.A and Boogie Down Productions in the late 80s.

Jazz has been invented by black people when they were slaves in America. It is a very fast music When you listen to jazz you feel happy We cannot dance on jazz

How long have you been listening to music ?

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When do you want to listen to music ?

While you walk When you study/work Before sleeping When you're bored Everytime

Does your choice of music depend on how you're feeling at the moment ?

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Can a song be equally pleasant in any language ?

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What makes a song successful ?

The melody The lyrics

MUSIC OF AFRICA

DEFINITION

DEFINITION

African music is a vital part of everyday life in Africa. It is a part of religious ceremonies, festivals, and social rituals. Songs are used for the important events in a person's life (birth, coming of age, marriage, and death). They are used for curing the sick, bringing rain, and religious dances.

Many Africans believe that music serves as a link with the spirit world. Everyone plays an active part in the musical life of the community. Music is ultimately tied to the things that are most important to the welfare of the people.

Melodies are usually short and simple. African music uses short bits of melody that are repeated over and over. Singers or instrumentalists may change them at will, so that the performance becomes a theme with many variations.

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performing, one person may begin to improvise, or make up a special version of the melody while the other singers continue the original melody. Often, several voices will sing different melodies at the same time.

Africans

also sing in rounds. The accompaniment may consist of chords or short melodic patterns that are repeated continually.

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Asian Music

Japan music
There are two forms of music recognized to be the oldest forms of traditional Japanese music. They are shmy ( or ?), or Buddhist chanting, and gagaku (?) or orchestral court music, both of which date to the Nara and Heian periods] Gagaku is a type of classical music that has been performed at the Imperial court since the Heian periodKagurauta (), Azuma-asobi() and Yamato-uta () are indigenous repertories. Tgaku () and komagaku originated from the Chinese Tang dynasty via the Korean peninsula.In addition, gagaku is divided into kangen () (instrumental music) and bugaku () (dance accompanied by gagaku).

Japan music
Originating as early as the 13th century are honkyoku ( "original pieces"). These are single (solo) shakuhachi () pieces played by mendicant Fuke sect priests of Zen buddhismThese priests, called komus ("emptiness monk"), played honkyoku for alms and enlightenment. The Fuke sect ceased to exist in the 19th century, but a verbal and written lineage of many honkyoku continues today, though this music is now often practiced in a concert or performance setting] The samurai often listened to and performed in these music activities, in their practices of enriching their lives and understanding

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The tunisian music

Tunisia Music has earned a popularity among a wide audience base. Music of Tunisia is well known in the world for a particular kind of music known as Malouf. This genre of Tunisian music bears similarities to the types of music prevalent in other North African countries. Malouf has evolved through generations and the contemporary form of this music has its own distinctive traits. However, the origin of this music can be traced back to Portugal and Spain. It is said that it was the Spanish rule that led to the introduction of malouf in Tunisia. "Ud" also referred to as "ouds" is a popular musical instrument played in Tunisia. Oud is basically a lute of Arabic origin. Most of the ouds in Tunisia are now made in factories. The number of craftsmen making the instrument has considerably reduced in number.

MALOUF
Malouf is played by small orchestras, consisting of violins, drums, sitars and flutes. Modern malouf has some elements of Berber music in the rhythms , but is seen as a successor to the cultural heights reached by Muslim Andalusia. Malouf has been called "an emblem of (Tunisian) national identity" . Nevertheless, malouf can not compete commercially with popular music, much of it Egyptian, and it has only survived because of the efforts of the Tunisian government and a number of private individuals. Malouf is still performed in public, especially at weddings and cicumcision ceremonies, though recordings are relatively rare. The term malouf translates as familiar or customary.

Mezwed
Purely Tunisian music with pop Tunisian touch. Most popular mezwed singers are Heddi Habbouba, Habib el Khal,Samir Loussif, Hedi Donia,Faouzi Ben Gamra, Zina Gasriniya, Fatma Bousseha,Nour Chiba.

Hippie

In the 1960-s and 1970-s a hippy was a person who opposed the normal standards of society.

The word hippie derives from hipster, and was initially used to describe people who created their own communities, listened to psychedelic rock, and used drugs to explore alternative states of consciousness.

The hippie movement in the United States began as a youth movement, composed mostly of white teenagers and young adults between the ages of 15 and 25 years old.

Hippies believed in peace, and one of their favourite sayings was Make love, not war When the hippy movement started young people showed their peaceful feelings by wearing flowers in their hair. For this reason, they were also called flower people or flower children. Hippies listened to rock music. They enjoyed the songs of Bob Dylan and it was at this time that the Beatles wrote songs like Give Peace a Chance and All You Need is Love.

Hippie culture and music.

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PUNK SUBCULTURE
In the mid 1970s, times were hard. Unemployment was growing higher and higher, especially amongst the young, and many teenagers felt that society was to blame. A youth culture started up which expressed these negative feelings punk.

Punks chose clothes that their parents hated. They wore ripped T-shirts, Doc Marten boots and leather jackets, and often had brightly coloured spiked hair.

punk fashion

Punk visual art and music.

Some punks style their hair to stand in spikes, cut it into Mohawks or other dramatic shapes. The punk subculture is centered around listening to recordings or live concerts of a loud, aggressive rock music. Punk rock tried to shock people.

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goth

GOTH SUBCULTURE

The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era.

Origins of the term

The original Goths were an Eastern Germanic tribe who
played an important role in the fall of the western Roman Empire. In some circles, the name "goth" later became pejorative.

Gothic fashion
Goth fashion is stereotyped as a dark, sometimes morbid, eroticized fashion and style of dress. Typical gothic fashion includes dyed black hair, dark eyeliner, black fingernails, black period-styled clothing; goths may or may not have piercings. Styles are often borrowed from the Elizabethan, Victorian or medieval period and often express Catholic or other religious imagery.

Whats goth?

Goth in its simplest form, is a subculture. A group of people who feel comfortable within each others company. There is no specific thing that defines what you need to do or be to fit into the goth scene (except of course the implied black clothing). People in the goth scene all have different musical tastes, follow different religions, have different occupations, hobbies, and fashion sense.

Why do people become goths?

Most goths become goths because they have been spurned by 'normal' society because the way they want to live their lives does not fit in with how most people are told to live theirs.

Goth fashion and music.

Certain elements in the dark, atmospheric music and dress of the post punk scene were clearly gothic in this sense. The use of gothic is an adjective in describing this mysterious or aggressive music.

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Goth music

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Emo singers

What does Emo mean?

Emo is short for emotive or emotional and describes an emerging social trend. Emo has two different meanings: One is a style of music. The other is a label people use to describe a group. The group of teens that use the label say that emo is short for emotional, but the term originally came from the Indie music style called Emotive Hardcore. The music: It's basically punk rock, except the lyrics are about emotional things rather than being a rebel. Emo is a kind of rock music which describes several independent types of music with common similar roots.

The People: It is a label people give themselves for being apathetic and emotional to an extreme (usually miserable), but wallowing in it and not wanting it to change. They tend to feel they are misunderstood and that life is not fair to them in specific. Emo boys usually wear tight pants (often girls). Emo girls tend to lean more towards late 70's to early 80's fashion. Both always got a dyed black hair or highlight and the haircuts tend to have awkward sharp angles and are often glossed. They also make up their eyes by black-colour. We can see sadness on their face easily.

Why do teenagers turn to Emo?

Today, we can see lots of teens turn to Emo. What is the main reasons for that? According to research, most of teens become Emo because of the familys affect or they try to control pain. They might turn to Emo to feel alive, to get attention( some people call that are fake). It could be a cry for help. Expressing their feeling by becoming Emo or by doing turn to Emo they could feel better. There could be another way are stop hurting and making everyone-especially themselves know that they are not invisible.

Some teenagers are not real Emo. They just become Emo because Emos style is trendy. By turning to Emo, some teens could cry any where ,any time; they could be sad even and be happy again suddenly at the same time. Thats what we call fake. Some teens think Emo culture is fashion, there for they turn to Emo and want everyone to call them Emo kid. Becoming Emo is not really bad but worse than that, some teens could do silly thing to get in Emos style. They might suicide by cutting themselves because they are depress or sad. Those teens think that: Emo kids adore depressing.

There is a very sad situation about Hannahs death because of being Emo. There for most of people think there is no safe for kids to become Emo.

Hannah was a happy 13-year-old until she became an 'emo' - part of a sinister teenage craze that romanticizes death. Three months later she hanged herself. Here, her devastated mother tells other parents: No child is safe
On the night before she died, she came into their room, kissed her father Raymond on the cheek and cheerfully told him: "I love you, Dad." The following day Hannah's mother Heather went to check on her daughter and found her hanging by a tie from the top rail of her bunk bed. As for Hannah, Emo is fashion.

Why no child is safe from the sinister cult of emo?

As I said, music is a very important part in Emo culture so it could effect Emo-kids who have strong emotion. Emos like guitarbased rock with emotional lyrics. Inevitably, criticisms of emo culture are laughed off by those who consider themselves to be at the heart of it. It's just a music thing, they say, and anyone who takes it further has something inherently wrong with them. "If you listen to the lyrics, you will see there is nothing that promotes suicide; and even if there was, no right-minded person would listen to it and think: 'Now I'm going to kill myself,' ' a self-confessed emo wrote last week on a music website following the inquest into Hannah's death. "I don't think anyone can say that there is a link between emo and suicide ? it's just a myth. "Emo has become an easy target for ridicule like this; but the bottom line is emotional does not mean suicide." Those above ideas are teens who dont think people have to cut themselves to become Emo. Emo is not bad for them because they could find some interest in Emos style

What happens to teens brains make them get in Emo?

As you know, different teens brains work in different ways. So Emo-teens brain do. Some Emos can handle rejection well, without even the thought of suicide. This is because they have high self-esteem. Some who has low-esteem might put themselves in suicide by cutting wrist. Why do teens do like that? For answer this question, we have to think about what makes teens think they want to be Emo. Perhaps, teens get depress they might think they had nothing to live for, so they become to Emo to get a new culture life.

It could be teens are under pressure from family, studying or friendships which make them feel sad about. They just want to get everyones attention and they feel that makes them special. The most important thing is they have got strong emotion. Because of the developing Amygdala( the part of brain which control emotions, feelings) is growing fast. It makes them get the strong emotions and feelings about everything around them. It could be their natural essence but vice versa it could be something effects their brain that make them get the strong emotions than the others. Nowadays, everything could effect teens such as: Internet, Tv or the developed society.

Somehow, some Emos might kill themselves by different causes. Like, some Emos are teased by their friends or people around them. Somebody thinks Emos are so bad and hates them within the bad attitude about Emos. That makes Emo feel shameful and makes them suicide. That is what somebody calls Crying inside. They feel bad, sad or depress because someone teasing them. In fact, one teenager who names Sam was death by teasing from his friends. Hes just only 13, he likes Emos dressing and music, so he was teased by his own friends. It shows that: Emos or teens who look like Emo but they are not dont really want to die to prove that they are Emos. Teasing from the people around them damages their brain makes them put themselves into suicide. Its not only their fault but its also someone-who likes teasing Emo culture, fault. By that, I hope everyone could understand for Emo but we also need to care more about them. Talking and listening to them could be a good method to help Emo-kids.

Is Emo culture a psychological development?

For many reasons, becoming Emo could be a psychological development because some teens brain would change after affect, especially the Amygdala. Getting a strong feeling is not really bad, not bad at all. Having a strong emotions could effect your life because sometimes you dont really care about what would your family think about you if you turned to Emo. Thats self-fish but being Emo might make you happy, just so you know be what you want to be. Emo culture is just a group of kids who could adore sadness or loves. People dont have to cut or push themselves toward to suicide to be Emo. If they did something like that, theyd have psychological illness. People should respect Emo culture because thats not thing between Emo and suicide. Be what you think you would be happy at is more important.

In Russia, a law has been presented at the Duma to regulate emo websites and forbid emo style at schools and government buildings, for fears of emo being a "dangerous teen trend" promoting anti-social behaviour, depression, social withdrawal and even suicide. Its regarded as negative youth subculture, which is connected with suicidal tendencies of teenagers 12-16 years of age.

Emos are attractive each other somehow Emo boys who usually look like these above pictures

Emo girl usually look like these above pictures, some of them got really fun-look hair style

Emo fashion and music.

Clothing with pink and black coloures, blueblack hair. Emo is a style of rock music typically characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics.

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Music influence

How can music positively influence us?

Music is a powerful thing. Everyone knows that music can affect their life in some way or another. It impact on their brains and emotions . But,people shouldnt let them affect them in such a huge way. They should just enjoy listening to it.

 Music can be used for entertainment. Here people react to it by dancing or singing along side. Music heals the soul or makes people forget of their worries. Music can also be used to remind someone of the past or worries. Here we say music provokes memories good or bad. Particular songs are attributed to particular moments or experiences in someone's life, such that each times they listen to a song, they are reminded of of a particular event. Therefore at different times, music can stimulate excitement, relaxation, festivity, boredom, sexuality, arrogance, anger just to name a few.

Country music usually makes

Sad Musi c
There isnt a lot of music that can make someone sad, but the most popular music that makes people sad would have to be Country

people depressed or suicidal . If people just sit there and listen to this kind of music, it would most likely make them depressed or they would be stressed most of their time. Also, it just brings people down and it brings up old memories people try to forget about. People may listen to sad music could be because of heartbreak, they feel the pain and sorrow in the song thats being sung, a death of someone they knew, anything really. If they have a bad day, they are most likely to put on a sad song that they can relate to

Angry Music : Rock , Hard Rock , Rap , Heavy Metal

Most angry music contains negative, which can program someones mind and creating new beliefs. Angry music is not the kind of music someone wouldnt want to be listening to all the time. They may become destructive to themselves and others around them .

Angry Music : Rock , Hard Rock , Rap , Heavy Metal

To themselves :
Since most angry music has songs containing constructive words ,it affects peoples state of mind, sub consciousness, and their behavior.

Angry Music : Rock , Hard Rock , Rap , Heavy Metal

Other people around them :
Listening to this kind of music had a negative impact of peoples society. Such as, they may be rude to their parents, relative, and to their friends. Also, they would become angry with the world, blaming everything except themselves for their problems. They often become criminals, join various criminal groups, or have problems with t he law.

Listening to happy music just makes you a happier person.

Happy Music :

When listening to music, people can hear the happiness in someones voice and it may have a huge impact on them : It can inspire and motivate people. It may get people pumped to do things they always wanted to do before. It can inspire them to start something new. Such as, start a new life, career, anything really. Also, if people actually sit and listen to the lyrics, then they would notice that the song is encouraging It can also help reduce stress, help you relax, and help elevate your mood It can also cheer someone up. It usually reminds them of the good times they had. It usually gives people hope that everything would be okay

Music increases Concentration Levels, Improves Memory :

It is known that music helps increase your concentration levels. It helps improve memory. It has been found to increase memory levels of Alzheimer's and dementia patients. Research has shown that the silence between two musical notes triggers brain cells which are responsible for the development of sharp memory

Flute music, and instruments like santoor and sarod are recommended for the enhancement of concentration and memory. Classical music ,improves the ability to recall what's retained in the brain in the form of memory. Strong beats, cause the brain waves to resonate in synch with the beat, thus leading to increased levels of concentration and increased mental alertness. This also trains the brain to change speeds of processing easily, as need be. Learning music helps increase self-discipline.

Music increases Creativity and Problem-solving Skills

Music plays a vital role in enhancing creativity. Music has a positive impact on the right side of the brain. Music triggers brain centers which deal with the enhancement of creativity. Certain ragas are known to activate the chakras of our body, thus giving us an added advantage in other creative tasks. Music increases spatial and abstract reasoning skills. These are the skills required in tackling problems, solving puzzles and taking decisions. Listening to Mozart's music is known to have a positive effect on the spatial-temporal reasoning, simply put, it makes you smarter.

Music makes Learning Easier

Have you tried learning anything by combining it with music or rhythm? For example, counting with a certain repeating pattern, or learning the alphabet by giving it a tune. Or remember learning poetry by reciting it musically? Didn't that help you learn things faster? Basically you can remember songs because they are musical compositions and not plain words lacking music or rhythm. This is what music does. It makes learning easier. Learning beat patterns, helps improve math skills. The study of rhythm is known to help students learn math. Music stimulates the brain centers that deal with thinking, analyzing and planning, thus enhancing one's organizational skills.

 These days, there are different kinds of music that have both negative and positive influence on people who listen to them. It is clear that any societies have special tradition music which are produced through different kinds of tradition instruments and these musics not only are used in many kinds of tradition ceremonies that are hold in these societies but they also are the best symbols of the musics country and when the people listen to them and share them among each other these days, in fact, they help to broadcast their culture

and keep it alive through these tradition musics that is being produce by unknown musicians which would not be if the people did not pay decent attention to these musics and and did not use them in their tradition ceremonies On the other hand, there is some music which is produce by some one who likes to release voice pollution. Moreover, this people who produce some musics just for voice pollution little by little impact on people favorites and even lead to many different kinds of psychological problems in their societies which is why advent irreversible damage in long term.

 In nowadays, music is often being criticised for corrupting childrens and teenagers minds. Some people see the vulgar language of rap music lyrics as the main cause for street murders and drug problems of youngsters. More and more parents insist that rap music should be censored and thus made suitable for their kids to listen to. The lyrics of the rap singers, however, reflect the problems in our society and forbidding them to sing about their life will not make the problems disappear. Indeed, it might be a better idea to try to deal with the causes that make these rap singers write such lyrics rather then to impose a censorship over the thins they say. In conclusion, I think music can have both negative and positive effects on individuals and societies. If people try to select some certain musics that are produced by unknown companies, they can take advantages of these choice and reap the benefits like being calm down or getting good feeling by listening them which would never happened if they listen to any musics that are made by anyone who have psychological problem and like to release voice pollution.

 Many revealing scientific experiments, studies, and research projects have been performed to try and discover the extent of the power of music. Up until 1970, most of the research done on music had to do with studying the effects of the beat of the music. It was found that slow music could slow the heartbeat and the breathing rate as well as bring down blood pressure. Faster music was found to speed up these same body measurements.The key component of music that makes it beneficial is order. The order of the music from the baroque and classical periods causes the brain to respond in special ways. This order includes repetition and changes, certain patterns of rhythm, and pitch and mood contrasts. One key ingredient to the order of music from the baroque and classical periods is math. This is realized by the body and the human mind performs better when listening to this ordered music.

 Music is now used in hospitals to ease pain especially during labor, or surgery, it is used to put the mentally handicapped in a calmer situation. Two components of music are the rhythm and melody. The strength of the rhythm is enhanced by the instruments types

Bad influence
An Australian physician and psychiatrist, Dr. John Diamond, found a direct link between muscle strength/weakness and music. He discovered that all of the muscles in the entire body go weak when subjected to the "stopped anapestic beat" of music from hard rock musicians, including Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, Queen, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Bachman - Turner Overdrive, and The Band.

 Dr. Diamond found another effect of the anapestic beat. He called it a "switching" of the brain. Dr. Diamond said this switching occurs when the actual symmetry between both of the cerebral hemispheres is destroyed causing alarm in the body along with lessened work performance, learning and behavior problems in children, and a "general malaise in adults." In addition to harmful, irregular beats in rock music, shrill frequencies prove to also be harmful to the body. Bob Larson, a Christian minister and former rock musician, remembers that in the 70's teens would bring raw eggs to a rock concert and put them on the front of the stage. The eggs would be hard boiled by the music before the end of the concert and could be eaten. Dr. Earl W. Flosdorf and Dr. Leslie A. Chambers showed that proteins in a liquid medium were coagulated when subjected to piercing high-pitched sounds

 Tests on the effects of music on living organisms besides humans have shown that special pieces of music (including The Blue Danube) aid hens in laying more eggs. Music can also help cows to yield more milk. Researchers from Canada and the former Soviet Union found that wheat will grow faster when exposed to special ultrasonic and musical sounds. Rats were tested by psychologists to see how they would react to Bach's music and rock music. The rats were placed into two different boxes. Rock music was played in one of the boxes while Bach's music was played in the other box. The rats could choose to switch boxes through a tunnel that connected both boxes. Almost all of the rats chose to go into the box with the Bach music even after the type of music was switched from one box to the other.

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